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Deadly explosions blast open Equatorial Guinea’s dysfunctional governance

The blasts were a result of poorly stored explosives at a military base in the city, President Teodoro Obiang said in a statement on Sunday night

Former president of Botswana, Ian Khama. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Why do presidents cling to power?

Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like

Jammeh is currently in exile in Equatorial Guinea. There is no extradition treaty between the Gambia and Equatorial Guinea.  (Picture-Alliance/AP/J. Delay)
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Despite mounting abuse claims, here’s why Jammeh is unlikely to face justice soon

At least in the short term, it looks unlikely that Jammeh will face either his victims or consequences for human rights abuses

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Editorial: Revolutions don’t happen overnight

Omar al-Bashir may be gone, but the revolution has only just begun.

Equatorial Guinea is a small

Equatorial Guinea: Attempted coup hatched ‘on French soil’

The government says that foreign mercenaries mounted an attempted putsch on December 24 but it was thwarted.

Hustler: Vice-president Teodorin Obiang — the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president Teodoro Obiang — flaunts his lavish lifestyle despite the extreme poverty faced by many in his country.

Equatorial Guinea: The president’s playboys

The standards of another presidential debauchery may just have been topped

Street hawkers sell their wares to passing pedestrians on a road near the headquarters of the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria.

Dos Santos’s retirement fund – his kids

Together, his children Isabel (44) and José Filomeno (39) in effect control Angola’s purse strings

SA can save Equatorial Guinea

Jacob Zuma’s cosy relationship with Obiang can be leveraged to bring about democratic change.

Dictator’s son had plans drawn up for $380m superyacht

Teodorin Obiang ordered design of yacht worth three times Equatorial Guinea’s health and education bill, says watchdog.

Equatorial Guinea votes amid opposition complaints

The West African state of Equatorial Guinea voted on Sunday in elections expected to be won yet again by the veteran hardline president amid opposition charges of voting…

Simon Mann ‘held illegally’ in Equatorial Guinea

A Briton accused of masterminding a failed coup in Equatorial Guinea is being held illegally and has been denied access to his lawyer since he was charged in February, a defence…

Mann fingers Thatcher in E Guinea plot

A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the…

Thatcher shrugs off E Guinea’s bid to arrest him

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son shrugged off Equatorial Guinea’s attempts to have him arrested for his alleged role in a plot to overthrow the country,…

Simon Mann to go on trial in Equatorial Guinea

Former British special forces officer Simon Mann will go on trial in Equatorial Guinea, charged with plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the government…

Zim court rules Simon Mann can be extradited

Zimbabwe’s High Court ruled on Wednesday that a former British special forces officer could be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face coup-plot charges, rejecting arguments that…

E Guinea leader praises Mugabe land seizures

Equatorial Guinea leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Friday hailed President Robert Mugabe’s land seizure drive, saying Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector was one of Africa’s…

Mugabe: Zimbabwe won’t collapse

President Robert Mugabe, accusing the West of trying to push Zimbabwe into collapse, declared it would survive thanks to its people’s resilience and support from Africa, state…